Larne

Larne
2020 view looking south-east towards Larne Harbour, Islandmagee, and down the length of Larne Lough
Larne Coat of Arms
Larne is located in Northern Ireland
Larne
Larne
Location within Northern Ireland
Population18,853 (2021 census)
Irish grid referenceD4102
• Belfast30 km (19 mi)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLARNE
Postcode districtBT40
Dialling code028
PoliceNorthern Ireland
FireNorthern Ireland
AmbulanceNorthern Ireland
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Antrim
54°51′06″N 05°48′48″W / 54.85167°N 5.81333°W / 54.85167; -5.81333

Larne (from Irish Latharna, [ˈl̪ˠahəɾˠn̪ˠə], the name of a Gaelic territory)[1][2][3] is a town on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, with a population of 18,853 at the 2021 census.[4] It is a major passenger and freight roll-on roll-off port.[5] Larne is administered by Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. Together with parts of the neighbouring districts of Antrim and Newtownabbey and Causeway Coast and Glens, it forms the East Antrim constituency for elections to the Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly. The civil parish is in the historic barony of Glenarm Upper.[6]

  1. ^ a b Larne/Latharna. Placenames Database of Ireland.
  2. ^ "Postal Towns/Bailte Poist" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 February 2012.. Northern Ireland Place-Name Project. Queen's University Belfast.
  3. ^ Room, Adrian. Placenames of the World. McFarland, 2006. p.213
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2021 pop was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Tibus, Website design and website development by. "Port of Larne – About Us – History". Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Larne". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Retrieved 20 April 2015.